diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index 3e6c61d026e3..0ddfe330f642 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -1516,7 +1516,7 @@ enum nft_object_attributes {
  *
  * @NFTA_FLOWTABLE_TABLE: name of the table containing the expression (NLA_STRING)
  * @NFTA_FLOWTABLE_NAME: name of this flow table (NLA_STRING)
- * @NFTA_FLOWTABLE_HOOK: netfilter hook configuration(NLA_U32)
+ * @NFTA_FLOWTABLE_HOOK: netfilter hook configuration (NLA_NESTED)
  * @NFTA_FLOWTABLE_USE: number of references to this flow table (NLA_U32)
  * @NFTA_FLOWTABLE_HANDLE: object handle (NLA_U64)
  */